FAGiC WO Inquiring Reporter Wifi SU Facilities Affect Class Cuts? “Will an increase in class cuts result from the completion of the University’s new Student Union building?” the Inquiring Reporter asked twelve students this week. The persons interviewed, six perfect accord. They didn’t think AIM Social Committee Proposed A recommendation that a social committee be established by the Association of Independent Men’s Board of Governors, was present ed at a meeting of AIM last night. Richard Rigling, chairman of the social organization commit tee, said the 14-member commit tee would consist of a social co ordinator and an executive board, composed of chairmen of the Dink Debut, Autumn Ball, proj ects committee, and publicity committee; and a social commit tee representative of West Dorm, Nittany, Pollock, and Town Councils; a representative of Bar ons, Nittany-Pollock social organ ization; and one additional repre sentative from each living area. The coordinator would work with University officials on plan ning events to be placed on the All-University calendar and would make an overall check on all independent social activities. The coordinator would have a seat on the Board of Governors, Rigling said. Rigling also reported that prizes Of $7.50 and $2.50 would be awarded to the first and second best Christmas displays in each of the four living areas. An addi tional $lO prize will be presented for the best All-University pendent display, he said. Philip Austin, editor of the In dependent Newsletter, reported that the publication was running a deficit because of a lack of ad vertising. AIM and Leonides un derwrite such deficits, he said. Chester Cherwinski, Town Coun cil president, moved that a com mittee be established to investi gate the cost of mailing a copy of the newsletter to boarding houses in town. Thomas Kidd and Stan ley Juras were named to study the plan. The board requested that Joe Somers, AIM president, consult with the organizations’ advisers, James W. Dean, assistant to the Dean of Men in cHarge of inde pendent affairs, and Ross Leh man, assistant executive secre tary of the Alumni Association, about possible ways to remove Andrew Jaros, secretary of AIM, from office. Jaros? taken ill while student teaching early in the se mester, has refused to resign. Freund Will Speak On Ethics Tonight Ernest Freund, associate pro fessor of philosophy, will speak before the Political Science Club at 7:30 tonight in the Home Eco nomics living center. His topic will be “Ethics and Politics: Three Ethical Perspec tives,” in correlation with this year’s club theme “Ethics and Politics.” Freund will discuss the gen eral theme from the Judeo-Chris tian, the Aristotelian, and the Utilitarian points of view. Choir to Present 2 Yule Services The Chapel Choir will pre sent its annual Christmas serv ices this weekend in Schwab Auditorium. The first service will be held at 10:55 p.m. Saturday. The auditorium doors will open at 10:25 p.m. The program will be repeat ed during the regular chapel hour at 10:55 a.m. Sunday. The doors will open at 10:25 a.m. A brass choir composed .of members of the Penn Slate Marching Blue Band will ac-. company the choir. By TAMMIE BLOOM men and six women, were in almost any significant change in regularity of class attendance would be ef fected by the opening of the some what luxurious building next fall. Although 12 students, no mat ter how randomly selected, can be considered a cross-section of the student body, their agreement on the question warrants some con sideration as an indication of popular opinion on the whole. The question was ventured or iginally by a member of the Stu dent Union Board who wondered if students would find the sur roundings in the new building sufficiently enticing to keep them from attending classes. Here are the opinions of the persons approached: Joseph Zilch, fourth semester psychology major: “Possibly stu dents will cut classes during the first few weeks the building is open, but they’ll get back to the old grind after the novelty has worn off. Everybody goes to a carnival the first night, you know.” Terry Stover, fifth semester chemical engineering major; “Anyone looking for a place with atmosphere to spend class hours can find places to go right now. He doesn’t need the union build ing for an excuse for not going to class. The central location may get students on campus earlier in the morning.” Norma Molinari, first semester labor management relations ma jor: “The location of the union building will probably be an ad vantage to professors. Since it is near most of the classroom build ings, students will be able to get to classes on time when they leave there.” Norma Reck, fifth semester ed ucation major: “The building, rather than being a reason for cutting classes, would be a help to students with early classes. If they missed their dormitory breakfast they could eat at the union.” Randell Washburn, fifth; se mester journalism major: “The Snack Bar has been in operation several years, but the University has never named it as the cause for a student’s leaving school.” Sally Lewis, first semester home economics major: “The average student would go to classes any way. He wouldn’t be affected by the union that .much.” Anthony Mattes, sixth semester industrial engineering major: “The new Student Union will give stu dents one more reason to be proud (Continued on page eight) Official Emblem of University Is Undergoing Fourth Change By PEGGY McCLAIN The official seal of the Univer sity is undergoing its fourth ma jor change in the history of the symbol since 1855. The substitution of the word University for College will com plete a series of four changes in the seal, beginning with use of the name The Farmers High School of Pennsylvania, renamed The Agricultural College of Penn sylvania, changed again to The Pennsylvania State College, and now authorized as The Pennsyl vania State University. The first seal, mentioned ini tially in the minutes of the Board of Trustees in 1855, was designed by Dr. Evan Pugh, then president of the University, and is shown on a worn copper die now pre served in the Penn State collec tion. With e<jual prominence the seal displayed emblems symbolic of literature and the sciences and the expected emblems of agricul ture. The central design of the seal included representations of a hand plow, crops, a world globe, a tele scope and a quill. The second seal, cast after the school was renamed The Agricul tural College of Pennsylvania in THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Harvest Ball To Be Held Tomorrow ..Amid banners, silver musical notes, and fall decorations, the Harvest Ball, sponsored annually by the Agriculture Student Coun cil, will be held from 9 p.m. until midnight tomorrow in Recreation Hall. For the third year, a queen of the Harvest Ball will be chosen by applause during intermissidn. Finalists for the queen are Jayn Frank, sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega; -and Sylvia Crum, and Caroline Manbeck, sponsored by Delta Delta Delta. The queen-will be awarded an inscribed gold trophy. The run nersup will receive silver loving cups. David Morrow, ticket chairman, reported that ticket booths will be placed in the Agriculture build ihgs today. Tickets, priced at $2, have been on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main this week. The council requests that no flowers be worn to the semi-for mal. The queen finalists were chosen during Thanksgiving vacation by Louis Bell, director of public in formation; Ridge Riley, alumni executive secretary; and Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the School of Agriculture. Committee chairmen for the dance are Fred Seipt, general chairman; Robert Sutter, pub licity; Clark Sell, decorations; David Morrow, tickets; and Peter Bond, refreshments. Ann Lederman reigned as queen of last year’s Harvest Ball. Johnny Nicolosi and his orches tra will provide music for the ball. A dark blue backdrop with silver musical notes and silver letters spelling “Harvest Ball” will furnish a background for the orchestra. Refreshments of punch and cookies will be served. was a circular cluster of some 35 tiny figures including a compass, test tube, microscope, anvil, scales, a hand plow, and stalks of corn. The third and most familiar seal, adopted in 1874, is the em blem used by the University to day with the exception that the word University has been substi tuted in the title. An important feature of this seal is its inclusion of a reproduction of Pennsyl vania’s coat of arms and not the state seal. In the same year that the coat of arms was adopted for use on the seal, the state legislature made several corrections in the arms, pertaining mostly to the two hor ses that rear on either side of a central shield. The Trustees of the University evidently were not aware of the legal description of the coat of arms when they adop ted them in 1874, but fortunately their interpretation did not differ much from the state’s chosen arms. The University’s engraving of the seal that year showed two horses rearing to support the shield. But, contrary to legal de scription, the manes of the horses were flowing, there was no har ness on either horse, and the tails Dating Code issue Called 'Dormant 7 Dean of Men Frank J. Simes yesterday called the unchaper oned dating code controversy a "dormant issue." Two weeks ago, after frater nities had expressed discon tent concerning a University announcement attempting to clarify the dating code, the In lerfraternity Council and the Dean of Men's office agreed to follow the IFC's interpretation of the dating code in effect at the beginning of the semester. Under this interpretation, fraternities need chaperones only when a social affair is planned in advance and par ticipated in by the majority of fraternity members. Schott Asks Indoor Fraternity Initiations Thomas Schott, president of the Interfraternity Council, last night urged fraternities to keep formal and informal initiation practices within their houses. • . Schott’s statement, made at an IFC meeting, followed his receipt of a letter from the Dean of Men’s office citing several cases in which initiation activities were carried on outside fraternity houses.^ Edwin Kohn, vice president of the council, explained workings of the Fraternity Marketing Asso ciation. He pointed out that all fraternities must participate in the association’s program if it is to be successful. Kohn also stated the next FMA buying period begins in January and urged all fraternity represen tatives to take this information back to their food buyers. In this way it will be possible for non member fraternities to join the association in time to order dur ing the January buying period, Kohn said. Bruce Coble, chairman of the IFC rushing committee, reported the IFC Rushing Magazine has not been received from the print ers. He also reported the remain der of the IFC fall rushing pro gram has been successfully com pleted. Coble stated he has received many requests from freshmen asking that another fraternity open house be held. The council decided it was not feasible to schedule another open house until after Christmas vacation. William Wismer, fifth semester forestry major, reminded council members the forestry department will make Christmas trees avail able to fraternities. These trees will be on sale tomorrow and Wednesday behind the Forestry building. They will be sold on a first-come first-serve basis at $1.50 each, he said. AlhrechtNamed Science Fellow Herbert R. Albrecht, associate dean of agriculture and director of agricultural and home econom ics extension, has been made a fellow of the American Associa tion for Advancement, of Science. Already a fellow of the Amer ican Society of Agronomy and president of its crop sciences di vision, Albrecht is known inter nationally as a plant geneticist and for his work in forage crop research. He is chairman of the north east forage crops technical com mittee under the Research and Marketing Administration, and has just been named by Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson as a member of the new National feed and forage advisory committee. of the horses were upturned. The wings of the eagle atop the shield were wide spread and not in an “attitude of rising,” as was de scribed in the state arms. In 1894, the school’s reproduc tion of the seal on the College catalogue somehow got out of control and showed the eagle soaring “high in the heavens ’mid rays of light.” ' Normalcy returned in the fol lowing years, however, and the seal as we know it today was first printed on the 1945-46 catalogue. The horses on this seal have neat ly clipped manes and are prop erly harnessed, and the eagle is poised for flight atop the shield. The seal is encircled with the name The Pennsylvania State Col lege and the correct date, 1855. At present, James H. Mathews and Co. is casting a new seal, dif ferent to the effect that the name The Pennsylvania State Univer sity will be centered around the coat of arms. The seal is used nowadays as a sign of authority on contracts and agreements. Occasionally it is stamped on the diploma of a for eign student and. sometimes on letters of introduction to identify a representative of the University to a foreign government. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953 Coed Sports To Be Held At Rec Hall .Men and women students will have a chance to play volleyball a fid ping-pong together beginning Sunday night in Recreation Hall. This coeducational recreation program will be free to all stu dents and will be held every Sun day night from 7:30-9:30 p.m., Raymond M. Conger, associate professor of physical education, has announced. The program is being sponsored by the School of Physical Education and Athletics. Frye courts of badminton, three courts of volleyball, eight table tennis games, two table soccer games,: and two half courts of basketball are available for. stu dent use. No gym clothes are required, Conger said, but students must w;ear shoes, suitable to the Rec Hall floor surface. This prohibits leather soles and high heels, he said- Members of the physical edu cation faculty will direct the ac tivities. . Assisting them will be two, graduate and two under graduate students. The purpose of the program is to fill the need for activities Sun day evenings, and is intended to be a recreation period for both men and women. This is the sec ond year the program has been in effect. It was begun last year by Ernest. B. McCoy, dean of the Physical Education school, as part of a long range recreation plan. Other recreation activities iast year included dancing after bas ketball games at Rec Hall. How ever, this probably will be dis continued because of student dis interest, Conger said. Union Relations Reported Good Union-University relations were termed “in good shape” yes terday by George L. Fink, presi dent of Local 67, State, County, and Municipal Employees, an af filiate of the American Federa tion of Labor. He said no major negotiations are being waged between the union and officials of the Uni versity. Only thing now under discus sion, he said, are-a few problems of individual workers which are being handled by the grievance committee. The union, which planned to elect new officers last night, caused considerable discussion at the University early in the se mester when they threatened to strike if their demands were not satisfied. Air Force Cadet Team To Interview Students Olmstead Air Force aviation cadet Team 57 will visit the Uni versity Tuesday through Thurs day to interview students on Campus interested in pilot train ing or aircraft observer programs of the Air Force. Movies and an informal talk will be given by the group at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Phi Kappa Sigma. Alumnus Writes Book, 'The Young Engineer' Charles B. Broschart, an alum hus of: the University, has recently written a-book, “The Young En gineer,” explaining scientific in ventions in every-day language. The author, now president of the Bradley Co., Philadelphia, was graduated in 1921 with a B.S. de gree in electrical engineering.
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